The Ration Ticket

Excerpt from the diary of Jules Flegmon.

15 June . --
Last night, Maleffroi came up to see me. He was in a very good mood. The fact that certain people are paying huge sums in order to live for a full month, as he does, has restored his optimism. It took nothing less than that to convince him that the fate of full-time livers is enviable.